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NASA / JPL ID: 3830890

Asteroid 2018 SP2 Close Approach

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Close Watch
Orbitfall Index

Asteroid 2018 SP2 is a near-Earth object catalogued by NASA under reference ID 3830890. Its estimated diameter is 29–65 m (average 47 m), inferred from brightness rather than measured directly. Its closest catalogued approach to Earth occurs on Sun, Sep 30, 2018, missing by 819,476 km — 2.13 lunar distances. NASA does not classify it as a potentially hazardous asteroid.

This score ranks how notable the asteroid approach is. It is not an impact prediction.

Closest approach

Approach date
2018-Sep-30 16:40
Miss distance (km)
819,476 km
Miss distance (LD)
2.13 LD
Miss distance (AU)
0.0055 AU
Relative velocity
14.4 km/s
Orbitfall Index
57/100

Size and brightness

Diameter range
29–65 m
Average diameter
47 m
Absolute magnitude
24.80

Related close approaches

DateOrbitingMiss (km)Miss (LD)Velocity (km/s)Index
18/08/84Venus18,214,76147.3617.123
30/09/87Earth47,887,264124.5214.221
18/09/88Earth54,701,193142.2421.325
16/10/90Venus20,829,27454.1620.124
18/03/95Earth37,166,48096.6416.222
01/10/95Earth3,119,9288.1114.245
29/04/02Earth47,027,917122.2918.723
23/09/02Earth67,395,382175.2515.522
16/02/03Earth57,596,090149.7715.822
24/09/03Earth32,222,83983.7917.923
08/12/04Venus16,716,54543.4719.324
08/04/10Earth30,498,70479.3116.622
02/10/10Earth34,815,59090.5313.621
16/09/11Earth66,775,358173.6423.326
18/05/17Earth72,036,806187.3222.025
15/03/18Earth38,516,120100.1516.122
30/09/18Moon1,167,6013.0414.355
30/09/18Earth819,4762.1314.457
01/02/19Venus21,642,72456.2820.024
14/05/25Earth68,410,900177.8921.625
15/03/26Earth38,375,08899.7916.022
30/09/26Earth1,927,0975.0114.351

Data source

All figures on this page come from NASA's Near Earth Object Web Service, maintained by the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at JPL. The Orbitfall Index is calculated by Orbitfall from those values — see the methodology and the NASA asteroid tracker overview. For current passes, see asteroids passing Earth today.

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